Quote by Rex Stout ““I have undertaken to to find an explanation for something that can't possibly be explained-Nero Wolfe”” — Rex Stout ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“I knew how to use a dictionary, and if I was going to be spending time around Nero Wolfe, I would have to buy… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Rachel Bruner: [trying to goad Wolfe] I thought you were afraid of nobody and nothing. Nero Wolfe: [unruffled] I can dodge folly without… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“Just like everything else in life that seemed inexplicable, people always tried to find an explanation.” — Tim O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“There's Nazis and espionage. Everything can be explained by Nazis and espionage.” — Paul Anderson Copy Share Image
“I want to die or be trapped on a deserted island with David Wolfenbaker. One or the other, but I've got to get out… — Alecia Whitaker Copy Share Image
“I read Wolfe’s new book _ The Story of a Novel_ and as usual he stole the whole damn thing from me. I am… — Jean Stafford Copy Share Image
“Any explanation or logic that explains everything so easily has a hidden trap in it.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“...if it's something a single book can explain, it's not worth having explained.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I read anything I saw lying around. Pulp fiction, great literature and everything in between - I gave them all the same rough treatment.” — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“It is human nature to concoct explanations to fill the great void of the unknown.” — Rae Carson Copy Share Image
“Human beings always want explanations. They have to know everything about everything and they have to know it immediately.” — Steven Cooper Copy Share Image
A person who does not read cannot think. He may have good mental processes, but he has nothing to think about. You can feel… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board and the… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“Frankly, I wish I could make my heart quit doing an extra thump when Wolfe says satisfactory, Archie. It's childish.” — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“everything from war to picnics depends on the weather, as Wolfe remarked” — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold -- if you have one. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“When we turned right on Thirty-fifth Street our suffix came along. By the time we rolled to the curb in front of Wolfe's house… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
Genius is fine for the ignition spark, but to get there someone has to see that the radiator doesn't leak and no tire is… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image